Any Other Famous Historical Knives Out There?

[Tanker 1/66]

http://www.historynet.com/hugh-glass-the-truth-behind-the-revenant-legend.htm
A Great Read

 

[Xr6x]

Hmm?

Ohh…

Thanks Aikiguy Tanker is being serious today

 

[GeofS]

The Sword of Omens for the win.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Thanks Aikiguy Tanker is being serious today

Oh No....Serious isn't in my Vocabulary

 

[19-3ben]

Handle and ricasso aside, the blade bears a striking similarity to the Kephart. I’m seeing it now all over the place.

It's funny. I saw that too, and was just about to post it.

US Model 1917 Bolo Knife

Oooohhhhh..... you just reminded me... how about a Becker handled remake of the old No. 1005 Collins Engineer's Bolo.

It doesn't take a ton of imagination to see the becker large handle on the end of that big honkin' blade. I held one once. very cool knives.

 

[Snow Walker]

I think we are straying from the original intent of the thread. There are lots of iconic knives. He wanted knives associated to a specific historical person.

The truth is to most of them a knife was a tool, lost, broken, replaced with whatever was available.

I wish Jim Bowie's knife had survived. Even he had several different ones.

It's OK...glad we could have fun with the thread.
I wondered about Jim Bowie's knife, too...guess I didn't have him on the list because he didn't write a book.
Kind of a Kephartish blade on TR's knife...that is one ugly handle...

 

[StrangeDaze]

This guy named David Booee made a pretty decent knife... i think he might have been a troubadour?

 

[TPVT]

knives and books gets my attention every time. forgive me, as this will be a little off-topic, as it is not about a historical person and their knife....in fact, it is about a fictional person and their knife.

i happened across a book by James Dickey at my local library. he's the guy who wrote Deliverance. i didn't even know it was a book! anyway, the one i am reading right now is called To the White Sea. i liked the synopsis: it's about a tailgunner who gets shot down in WWII and has to survive behind enemy lines.

i am only 100 pages in, but the author makes a point of writing about the connection between the main character and his knife.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

knives and books gets my attention every time. forgive me, as this will be a little off-topic, as it is not about a historical person and their knife....in fact, it is about a fictional person and their knife.

i happened across a book by James Dickey at my local library. he's the guy who wrote Deliverance. i didn't even know it was a book! anyway, the one i am reading right now is called To the White Sea. i liked the synopsis: it's about a tailgunner who gets shot down in WWII and has to survive behind enemy lines.

i am only 100 pages in, but the author makes a point of writing about the connection between the main character and his knife.

You had me at WWII and tailgunner

 

[TPVT]

You had me at WWII and tailgunner

so, i obviously had to do a quick google search on this topic. i came across this article, which i thought was interesting:
http://jwaynefears.com/knives-chosen-by-outdoorsmen-who-depended-upon-them/

 

[Tanker 1/66]

so, i obviously had to do a quick google search on this topic. i came across this article, which i thought was interesting:
http://jwaynefears.com/knives-chosen-by-outdoorsmen-who-depended-upon-them/

Good read. Thanks

 

[rxavage]

Now I’m really interested in a Canadian belt knife

 

[Sidehill Gouger]

19th Century outdoor writer GO Shields carried a large stag handled knife that he said was better than a hatchet. Must have been fairly heavy but there are no photos or drawings of it. Shields traveled the west when there were still buffalo herds and Indian wars going on.

 

[Sidehill Gouger]

Writer William Monypeny Newsom liked Colclesser steel but apparently not their knife designs (Kephart?). He reground and rehandled them to his own taste. He also carried a single bit Colclesser hatchet because he didn't like the double bit Nessmuk version.

 

[JoshSkaarup]

I live not too far from the Grohmann factory, and have most of their models

Other historical blades that come to mind would be the Green River knives, especially the Dadley, Hunter and Buffalo skinners.
As mentioned above, G.O. Shield's (or "Coquina") mentioned the carrying of a large chopper (not unlike a Hudson's Bay) and a smaller skinner. At one point, I think it was Marbles, made a combination set based off of his suggestions.